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Meta information
95% 
Page quality
64% 
Page structure
27% 
Link structure
7% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.21 s
File size
209.60 kB
Words
1247
Media files
40
Number of links
238 internal / 39 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Straits Times - Breaking News, Lifestyle & Multimedia News
The length of the page title is perfect. (577 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Straits Times - Get latest breaking news, business, sports, lifestyle, tech & multimedia and more news in Singapore, Asia & rest of the world at straitstimes.com.
The meta description is too long: 1012 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.straitstimes.com/global
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
The average number of words per sentence of 8.56 words is low.
This page contains 1247 words. That's ok.
26.2% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
4 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 25 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
39 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Straits Times
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 85 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Straits Times
H1 The Straits Times Duplicate text
H2 Main navigation
H2 Main navigation Duplicate text
H2 International Home page
H2 Top Stories
H2 Singapore News
H2 Videos
H2 Asia News
H2 Discover
H2 Invest
H2 OPINION
H2 Insight
H2 PODCASTS
H2 Life
H2 Smart Parenting
H2 Photos
H2 Most Popular
H2 BRANDED CONTENT
H4 The Straits Times Duplicate text
H5 Dozens killed, wounded in Israeli strikes across Gaza, Lebanon
H5 Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah media head, security sources say
H5 Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in ‘massive’ missile strike
H5 Foreigner arrested for allegedly gouging out man’s left eye during fight in Penang
H5 23 arrested in India’s Manipur after violent protests amid inter-communal war
H5 Illegal miners ‘starving’ underground in stand-off with S. African cops; decomposed body taken out
H5 After German government’s collapse: Relief and hope for a new beginning
H5 US agriculture exporters fear trade war 2.0 will ‘kill’ China business
H5 MOM to open new dorm in early 2026 with privacy nooks, single beds for migrant workers
H5 Flash flood hits Ophir Road amid heavy downpour; warnings issued for several places on Nov 17
H5 Best not to have in-laws in the family business, says founder of ValueMax pawnshop chain
H5 Minor Issues: Helping children to bloom in their own time
H5 Put a price on carbon emissions to reach net-zero goals: PM Wong to Apec leaders
H5 Researchers document rare sight of two pangolins fighting, which left one severely injured
H5 Hello fun: Your activity guide for the school holidays
H5 Rising autism numbers: At least 70% of students in Minds, Rainbow Centre schools have autism
H5 Empty heading
H5 US agriculture exporters fear trade war 2.0 will ‘kill’ China business Duplicate text
H5 Middle-class Indians tighten their purse strings amid spiralling inflation
H5 Eight dead, 17 hurt in China school knife attack
H5 North Korea deploys new weapon against South: Unbearable noise
H5 ‘The days of having a big catch are gone’: Inside one of Singapore’s last kelongs
H5 6 things you did not know about Labubu
H5 The Week in Pictures: Trump makes a comeback, Spain cleans up after the floods
H5 Let’s Talk About Death: Who will care for my special needs sister when I die?
H5 All care and no sting: How these people in Singapore are helping jellyfish thrive
H5 What drives America’s young voters?
H5 Weekly News Quiz for Nov 1, 2024
H5 Hello Kitty turns 50
H5 Meet the rangoli artist who connects communities through colours
H5 To Pune, to Trichy, to Germany: India’s young and educated are forging new paths to better jobs
H5 When co-owners refuse to sell their HDB flats
H5 Get proper valuation of properties to avoid short-changing yourself
H5 Is it time to invest in the luxury sector?
H5 Me and My Money: Hard work and saving up pave road to success for Moomoo exec
H5 The best friends make each other better
H5 In modern horror, the haunted house is inside your head
H5 Debates on whether social media harms the young are a misdirection
H5 A post-exam break will help you ace that vital parent-child connection
H5 Japan’s sumo wrestling evolves to capture new blood, change impressions of scandal and brutality
H5 More teens in S'pore getting hooked on digital devices and seeking help
H5 ST Explains: What’s on the agenda at COP29?
H5 To Pune, to Trichy, to Germany: India’s young and educated are forging new paths to better jobs Duplicate text
H5 Podcast: Tariffs, deportation, Musk: 3 words could define US' Trump 2.0 era
H5 Podcast: Going ga-ga over Labubu - the toy that has fans fighting, faking and stealing it
H5 Podcast: How to get from autonomous vehicles to flying cars
H5 Podcast: Mandatory mediation over noise - neighbourly relations are still key
H5 Hello fun: Your activity guide for the school holidays Duplicate text
H5 Handsome Siblings actor Chen Zheyuan visits Singapore
H5 Denmark's Victoria Kjaer Theilvig crowned Miss Universe 2024
H5 Singapore Writers Festival 2024: Humour and hard science in Cat Bohannon’s lecture
H5 Hello fun: Your activity guide for the school holidays Duplicate text
H5 Minor Issues: Helping children to bloom in their own time Duplicate text
H5 Thinking about secondary school after PSLE results? Here’s how I decided
H5 A post-exam break will help you ace that vital parent-child connection Duplicate text
H5 Today in Pictures, Nov 15, 2024
H5 Eight dead, 17 hurt in China school knife attack Duplicate text
H5 Goodbye to big tech’s big perks? S’pore workers say global techlash has come for their benefits
H5 When co-owners refuse to sell their HDB flats Duplicate text
H5 Malaysian court orders S’porean man to return $8.4m to 122 investors
H5 Singapore drivers will be notified of traffic summonses at Johor checkpoints
H5 This man spent 20 years of his life restoring the most dangerous part of the Great Wall of China
H5 Funeral of Penang woman crushed by container draws hundreds of mourners
H5 Hawker centre hits: Catch live music in the heartland
H5 Survival mode – How Singapore restaurants are riding a bumpy year
H5 Zelensky says Ukraine war will end ‘sooner’ with Trump in office
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10 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 10 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (39) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/singapore/best-not-to-have-in...Best not to have in-laws in the family business, says founder of ValueMax pawnshop chain
/singapore/parenting-education...Minor Issues: Helping children to bloom in their own time
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/singapore/parenting-education...Hello fun: Your activity guide for the school holidays
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